Las Vegas Critics

A Chocolate Chip and Coconut Muffin from Baguette Cafe

Baguette Cafe

Baguette Cafe is a small cafe, tucked away in a corner of the business park on Sunset between Buffalo and Durango. It’s just north of 215 and accessible from either Sunset or the feeder — and we never would have discovered it without the new sign that can be seen from the freeway.

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Captain's Order slider from the Slidin' Thru slider truck

Slidin' Thru, the Las Vegas Slider Truck

Food trucks are a common occurrence in many cities around the United States, but, until very recently, Las Vegas was not one of those cities. Now we’ve got Slidin’ Thru, a gourmet slider truck that roams the streets of Las Vegas providing mini burgers to an increasing group of devoted followers.

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Las Vegas Retro Bakery cupcakes

The Retro Bakery Cupcake Taste-Off

Living in a city of decadence and delicious excess makes for many an opportunity to try tasty new things. Cupcakes have been a pretty serious trend in the cake and pastry world the last couple of years, and in Las Vegas, no cupcake bakery has gotten nearly as much press and online love as the subject of our review, here.

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New Zealand lamb chops at The Grape

The Grape

The Grape is a wine bar, bistro and wine shop located directly across from the Rave movie theater in Town Square. This might – to someone that lives fairly close to Town Square with a love for both movies and wine – seem like an ideal location for a wine bar.

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Tru Blood Beverage

Tru Blood Beverage

The marketing department at HBO apparently decided that True Blood is popular enough and they need to branch out and start selling products. They started with the usual shirts, mugs and posters and eventually determined that the world needs an actual Tru Blood beverage.

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Pepsi Natural

Pepsi Natural

Pepsi Natural is a new permanent addition to the PepsiCo line of drinks. It’s made of (only eleven!) “natural” ingredients and has sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup.

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Pepsi-Cola Throwback

Pepsi-Cola Throwback

Pepsi recently released Pepsi-Cola Throwback, a limited edition version of their signature flavor made with real sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). They also released a Throwback version of Mountain Dew, but that product could not be located for review. Apparently, these drinks were made with real sugar at some point in the past, but then the soda makers switched to HFCS.

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Mountain Dew Game Fuel

Mountain Dew Game Fuel

There were two new flavors (or is it colors?) of “Game Fuel” World of Warcraft-branded Mountain Dew (or is it Mtn Dew now?) in the convenient store the other day.

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M&M’s Premiums

M&M’s Premiums

M&M’s have been around since 1941. They’ve gone through a lot of changes since then. They were originally sold in tubes and once they started printing on the candies the “M” on them was black for the first four years. In 1976, the color orange replaced red, but in 1987 red was brought back. In 1995, there was a vote to add blue, pink or purple and blue won.

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Baskin Robbins Mint Chocolate Chip Soft Candy

Baskin Robbins Mint Chocolate Chip Soft Candy

When new products are involved I usually let my curiosity get the best of me. This is exactly what happened when I saw Baskin Robbins new Mint Chocolate Chip Soft Candy. Soft candy that tastes like ice cream?

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